Match-scratching device.



PATBNTED NOV. 22, 1904.

B. C. COLE.

MATCH SGRATGHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25 1904.

N0 MODEL.

INYEIITOR Bert/1a 6. 0016 BY A I TTORNEYS WITNESSES Patented November 22, 1904.

UNTTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BEhlllA CAROLINA COLE. OF WILLIAMSON, Nl l\\" YORK.

IVIATCH-SCRATCHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,296, dated November 22, 1904.

Application filed April 25, 1904. erial No. 204,731. (No model.)

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Be it known that 1, Human AROLINA ow, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Villiamson, in the county of lVayne and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in i\'latchScratching Devices, of which the following is a specification. such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a match-scratching device which may be suspended from a wall or other support or held in any desired manner and which is adapted 3 to receive and hold brimstone or other combustible substances which drop from a match when ignited; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improved match-scratchiug device; Fig. 2, a central verticalsection thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a plan view thereof.

.In the practice of my invention I provide a box or receptacle (1, which in the construction shown is oblong in form and provided with a front opening a and the top portion of which is provided with a vertically-arranged member I), which is hollow and provided with a central vertically-arranged slot or opening 6' and the back of which is provided with a vertically-arranged scratcher 7), which may be formed integrally therewith or formed separately and secured thereto, and the slot or opening I)" in the form of construction shown communicates with a transverse slot or opening (1 in the top of the box or receptacle a.

lathe form of construction shown the vertically-arranged member 7) is flat at the back and provided at the top with a hole 6*, whereby the scratcher may be suspended from a nail,

hook, or other support, and in practice the end of a match is inserted through the slot or opening If and moves downwardly, the end thereof pressing on the scratcher l). in this operation the match is ignited, and any brimstone or other combustible substance falling from the match drops into the box or receptacle a and may be removed therefrom whenever desired through the opening This device may be suspended from a wall or other support, as hereinbefore stated, or it may be set on a mantel or table and held in the hand when used.

The upright member 7) is open at the botl tom, and the box or receptacle 1/ is provided in the top with an opening (X, which corresponds with the hole or opening in the upright member 6, and this permits the brimstone or other substances to fall into the box or receptacle 1!.

I also connect with the device match-holders c, and my improved match-scratching device is thus made to serve as a match-box or match-safe, and instead of throwing a burned match on the floor after it has been used it may be cast into the box a through the front opening a therein.

Having fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device of the class described, comprising 1 an oblong box having a front longitudinal opening, and a hollow upright member mounted centrally on said box and communicating therewith through a transverse opening in the top thereof which also communicates with the front longitudinal opening in the box, said hollow upright member being provided with a front vertical slot which opens downwardly and at the back of which is a match-soratcher, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 2 1st day of April, 1904.

BERTHA CAROLINA COLE.

\Vitnesses:

MYi-rrIE L. 'lruxsuu, GEORGE Conn. 

